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SEC Adopts Amendments to Form 8-K Increasing the Number of Events that Trigger the Requirement to File a Current Report

April 23, 2004

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued final rules intended to be responsive to the “real time issuer disclosure” mandate in Section 409 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that requires public companies to disclose material informa-tion on a “rapid and current basis”. The new rules expand the number of events that are reportable on Form 8-K by adding eight new items, requiring disclosure of two items on Form 8-K that are currently required in the company’s periodic reports, and expanding the disclosures required under two existing Form 8-K items.

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